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50 insane facts about Canada we bet you didn't know

How many cars hit a moose each year?

Delta Lodge at Kananaskis is one of several resorts in Alberta's Rockies that has special offers to tempt tourists to come to Alberta who may have been scared off by the recent flooding.Photo: Delta Lodge at Kananaskis

William Wolfe-Wylie

Published: August 6, 2013 - 9:21 AM

Updated: March 3, 2015 - 9:18 AM

The fabulous heritage minute let everyone know that basketball was invented in Canada (“I need those baskets back, you know!”) but most Canadians probably couldn’t tell you what percentage of our great country is covered in forests, or what people in Saskatchewan call a hoodie. It’s a big country, and right after the long weekend we think it’s time you got to know it a bit better. So here are 50 amazing insane wonderful and otherwise incontrovertible facts about Canada we bet you didn’t know. UPDATE: Astute readers have pointed out the following “facts” in need of correction on this chart:

Basketball, while invented by a Canadian, was actually invented in the United States.

Canada did not become a country in 1982, that was simply the year our constitution was repatriated.

Nunavut did, at one point, have polar bear-shaped license plates. They don’t anymore.